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Monterey Bay

Dentures – Residency

20th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Dentures
Dentures Confirmed in the catalog @142671
Jul 25 – Sep 5, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2025

158 m
Deepest dive
6:44
Longest dive
206
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
42
Deepest dive on record
158 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 25, 202577 m—64 m
Jul 28, 2025102 m—38 m
Aug 7, 202549 m—20 m
Aug 10, 202545 m—36 m
Aug 15, 202570 m—43 m
Aug 17, 202569 m—40 m
Aug 18, 202556 m—34 m
Aug 19, 202578 m—23 m
Aug 21, 2025567 m—110 m
Aug 21, 202580 m—53 m
Aug 27, 2025164 m—90 m
Aug 28, 2025381 m—147 m
Aug 29, 2025567 m—158 m
Sep 1, 202586 m—52 m
Sep 2, 202563 m—38 m
Sep 3, 202590 m—82 m
Sep 4, 202587 m—47 m
Sep 4, 2025567 m—124 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 25, 2025 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 28, 2025 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2025 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 17, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 381 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 158 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 4, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

158 m
Deepest dive
6:44
Longest dive
206
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
42
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200158 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 29, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 19 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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